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Award-winning neuroscientist named first Western Research Chair
One of Canada’s most innovative neuroscientists is coming to Western University to further her research into understanding human behaviour through speech, language and hearing. Ingrid Johnsrude has...
View ArticleWestern welcomes new neuroscientist who unlocks minds with machines
If you watch science fiction movies from 1970s, you would think by the year 2016 there would be a robot in every home performing tasks like cooking, cleaning and cutting the lawn. But there isn’t. Jörn...
View ArticleInternationally renowned neuroscientists join Western to further advance...
An internationally renowned wife-and-husband team of cognitive neuroscientists have joined Western University after collaborating on game-changing research for the past 15 years at the University of...
View ArticleNew study shows traffic noise can affect brain and learning ability in birds
An international study led by researchers at Western University’s Advanced Facility for Avian Research (AFAR) has shown that birds living in congested cities are greatly affected by persistent traffic...
View ArticleBrainsCAN study discovers sound sensitivity differences between age groups
Neuroscientists from Western University have discovered a difference in the way younger and older adults respond to sounds. In the BrainsCAN study, researchers found that the brain becomes more...
View ArticleWorld’s largest sleep study shows too much shut-eye can be bad for your brain
Preliminary results from the world’s largest sleep study have shown that people who sleep on average between 7 to 8 hours per night performed better cognitively than those who slept less, or more, than...
View ArticleChildren’s screen time surged during pandemic
Children have been spending almost triple the recommended amount of screen time during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new Western-led study. The post Children’s screen time surged during...
View ArticleStudy shows smiling makes you look older, unless you’re old already
Smiling makes you look older, according to research by neuroscientists at Western and Ben-Gurion University in Israel. But if you’re already over 60, smiling doesn’t appear to change the way your age...
View ArticleWestern researchers zero in on math anxiety
Teacher competence, parental support influence students’ stress level. The post Western researchers zero in on math anxiety appeared first on Media Relations.
View ArticleAI tech exaggerates biases in facial age perception more than humans
Western-led study tested a large sample of AI technologies available today and found not only did they reproduce human biases in the recognition of facial age, but they exaggerated those biases. The...
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